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Potato Fence Gate

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This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
 
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Potato Fence Gate
Potato Fence Gate.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Potato Fence Gate'
Invicon Potato Fence Gate.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Fence Gate in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Fence Gate
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A potato fence gate is a potato variant of a fence gate, crafted from the respective potato planks. It is only present in 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Potato fence gate can be broken with anything, but axes are faster.

Block Potato Fence Gate
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 3
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in MinecraftWooden 1.5
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite iron-axe.png: Sprite image for iron-axe in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-axe.png: Sprite image for netherite-axe in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in MinecraftGolden 0.25
Options
Efficiency
000
Haste
001
1JEBE
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Potato fence gates generate naturally as part of potato villages.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Stick +
Potato Planks
Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Potato Fence Gate.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Fence Gate in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Fence Gate

Usage

Sounds

Generic

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.
 
Because of MC-177082, subtitles for falling on blocks may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.
BlockSprite warped-planks.png: Sprite image for warped-planks in Minecraft nether_wood sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.7216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nether_wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.7216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nether_wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.4516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nether_wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nether_wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Unique

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Fence Gate creaksBlocksWhen a potato fence gate opensblock.nether_wood_fence_gate.opensubtitles.block.fence_gate.toggle​1.00.9–1.016
​Fence Gate creaksBlocksWhen a potato fence gate closesblock.nether_wood_fence_gate.closesubtitles.block.fence_gate.toggle​1.00.9–1.016

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite potato-fence-gate.png: Sprite image for potato-fence-gate in Minecraft Potato Fence Gatepotato_fence_gatemineable/axe
unstable_bottom_center
fence_gates		 block.minecraft.potato_fence_gate

Block states

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west		For an open gate, the direction the gates swing open.
For a closed gate, the direction the player was facing when the gate was placed, or the last direction the gates have swung.
in_wallfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is lowered by three pixels, to accommodate attaching more cleanly with walls.
openfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is opened.
poweredfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is receiving redstone power.

Sources

Datapack Codex — The all-versions Minecraft data pack reference. Community reference; not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft. “Minecraft” is a trademark of Mojang Synergies AB.

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